BAGS OF LOVE
The Women’s Board of Catholic Charities Summit County (CCC/SC) is planning its annual Christmas “Bags of Love” collection for the agency’s families in need. We provide presents and gift certificates for food and essential taxable items through the generous help of our members and our “Bags of Love” supporters. Please consider making a financial gift to this project to help agency families have a merry Christmas. Donations may be mailed to: Women’s Board of CCC/SC, c/o Christine Flaherty, 1236 Temple Trail, Stow, Ohio 44224. Deadline is November 30, 2019. Please make checks payable to: Women’s Board of CCC/SC and note “Bags of Love” on the memo line. Thank you for your support of this program.
 

Diocesan Consolation Ministry training sessions will be held at St Francis de Sales for anyone interested in learning more about or becoming involved in working with the bereaved in any ministerial situation, including parish Consolation/Bereavement Ministry Groups. Space is limited so please register soon.
 
Dates: Thursdays, 11/7, 11/14, 11/21 and 12/5, 2019 (all four required).
Time: 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Location: St. Francis de Sales Parish (Akron) in the Upper Room
Cost: $100.00
For more information and to register please visit: www.dioceseofcleveland.org/pastoralcare
Contact: Jason Lewis or call 216-334-2974

Akron Area Interfaith Council 2019 Fall Event, Beyond Tolerance: Voices of Many Faiths
Sunday, November 10^th, 3-6 PM, St. Paul Catholic Church, 1580 Brown Street, Akron, Ohio 44301. Go to: www.akroninterfaith.org For more information contact: Chuck Ausherman, causherman3@gmail.com or Jeanne Bearer, mamabearer@hotmail.com.

The Serra Club of Akron is hosting the inaugural Thomas E. Giffels Memorial Scholarship Fund for Seminarians Reverse Raffle on Sunday, November 10th, 2019 at Guy’s Party Center. Doors open at 5 pm with appetizers and dinner begins at 6 pm and raffle at 7 pm. Tickets are $125 a couple or $75 a person. Included in ticket is dinner, drink tickets, and entry in $2000 drawing and the chance to bid on fabulous auction items. 

For ticket information or more information about the Serra Club of Akron, contact: Mary Ellen McAvoy at memcavoy126@gmail.com or at 330-605-9283. 

The mission of Serra is to encourage, promote, support and affirm vocations to the priesthood and to the vowed religious life in the Catholic Church, and to further Catholicism by encouraging its members through fellowship and education to recognize and respond in their lives to God’s call to service and holiness.

Saints Peter & Paul Holy Name Society's 70th Fall Stag Fish Fry is Friday Nov 15, at the parish school (169 W Clinton St, Doylestown, Oh).  Admission is $30 per person, event runs from 7:00 pm till 12:30 am.   This event features delicious Lake Perch, beer, refreshments, friendly game of chance and quality door prizes, 50/50 and grand prize raffles.  Pre-sale tickets are Included in a "Early Bird" $100 drawing.  Presale tickets are available, call Ted at 330-658-3057.  Tickets will be available at the door.

Are you interested in taking time away with God? Perhaps this Silent Retreat weekend designed to help young adults (in their twenties and thirties) personalize and deepen their relationship with God is for you! The retreat will be held at Bethany Retreat Center in Chardon, OH. It starts on Friday, November 15^th at 7:00 p.m. and concludes at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 17th. Mass is included in the retreat. The cost is $50.00 and includes private accommodations, meals and supplies. Scholarships are available. For more information or to register, contact Sr. Kelley Rush, SND at krush@ndec.org or 440-241-3124. 

Saturday, November 16, 2019 from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm at Nativity of the Lord Jesus Parish, 2425 Myersville Rd, Akron, OH 44312. Celebrate the season and get a jump on your holiday shopping! Over 35 vendors. A wide variety of crafts, decor, and art. Hourly door prizes and a 50-50 drawing. The kitchen will be open from 10:00 am - 2:30 pm, serving a variety of food items. Admission is free!

Recovering from Clergy Abuse and Child Sexual Abuse?  Join Cleveland Clinic Psychologist, Dr. Ted Raddell, for an opportunity to understand and promote healing from past traumas. Dr. Raddell will explain why some traumas get stuck and continue to disturb us years later while others don’t. He will clarify the impact this can have on our physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Join us for an interactive and enlightening evening.  This event will take place in the Spiritual Center, St. Hilary Church on Wednesday, November 20^th at 7 PM.

Thursday, October 17th,  at 7:00 pm, at Walsh University Our Lady of Perpetual Help Chapel, there will be a Mass to pray for the sanctification of priests and for vocations followed by a Holy Hour with Rosary and Benediction. Please come to this Mass to pray with us and please forward this information to everyone. Our priests and Our Holy Mother Church are in desperate need of more pray-ers!! The Holy Mass is the most powerful form of prayer.

Mary, Queen of Heaven and Earth Chapter of Magnificat, a women’s ministry modeled after the Visitation, invites you to a breakfast on Saturday, December 7th at Walsh University, Barrette Center, 2020 East Maple Street, North Canton, Ohio.  Join us in a special time of fellowship and sharing.  Father Michael Denk will be the guest speaker.
Cost:  $22 Mail-in / $23 Online -- Go to magnificatstark.weebly.com to print out a Reservation Form or to pay online.  Make checks payable to “Magnificat of Stark County” and send with a completed Reservation Form to Vicki Vasto, 8735 Glenarden Circle NW, Massillon, OH 44646.  RESERVATIONS CANNOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER NOVEMBER 30^th.
Open seating.  Doors open at 8:30 am with Breakfast at 9:00 am.  There will be an optional Mass at 8:00 a.m. in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Chapel at Walsh University.  For further information call Joan Spieth at 330-933-8778.